The number of traffic users in the Netherlands has been growing increasingly in the last 50 years, since 1950. As we can see, there are four types of transportation that were reported: cars, trains, bicycles, and other public transports. From 1950 to 2000, it is reported that the number of car users increased dramatically, while the number of train, bicycle, and other transport users increased slightly.
From the first 10-year period (1950-1960), car users increased by 20%. In the following 10 years, the number of car users increased rapidly to 60%. It kept significantly increasing in the next following 10 years, where car users were reported at 100%. It increased gradually over the next 10 years, where the percentage of users was reported at around 120%. The highest point was reported in 2000, when car users were reported to be at 140%.
However, other transportation, including bicycles and trains, most likely increased slowly in the last 50 years. Despite this, train users still increased substantially in 20 years. In the 1970s, train users were reported at around 15% and kept slowly increasing in the following 20 years. The highest points were reported from around 1990 to 2000, where the percentage was reported at 20%.
The same happened with bicycle users, but it was not as popular as cars. In the first 20 years, bicycle users were reported at around 15%, but this kept slowly increasing in the following 20 years, until the highest point was reported in 2000, where bicycle users increased gradually to around 18%. Finally, other public transport had the slowest increase in 50 years. As we can see, in the first 20-year period, it was constantly stable.